Mop and duster



J. M. LESTER MOP AND DUSTER July 5, 1927..

Filed June Patented July 5, 1927..

UNITED [STA Tss PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. nnsrnn, or BnoNxviLLn, NEW YORK.

M'or AND nusrnn.

Application flledJune -17, 1926. Serial No. 116,507..

. transverse- "to the' handle, the strands .01;

. threads being bunphed together between their ends and located on one side of the I handle,'whereby suchstrands will be efiective in use for operating along the sides 8 of the liandle for cleaning purposes.

of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the clam." Beferenceisto be had to the accompanyin drawings forming apart hereof, wherem 'Tig. -1. 'is a plan view of a mop or duster embodying my invention; L

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line 2, '2, in Fig.1, and T Fig. 3 is a cross Fi 1.

imilar numerals of reference indicate c orrespondi'ng parts in'the several views.

The numeral 1 indicates a handle memher, which 'may be made of wood or any other suitable material, shown of a relatively "narrow elongated shape convenient for man- -.ual handling for use. At 2 strands or threads are indicated, which may be of the character of'cotton strings arranged in the form of'a bunch of strands secured at their mid-portions against one side of handle 1 and extending outwardly crosswise freely therefrom with portions of thestrands on section on line 3, 3, in

opposite sides respecting) the longitudinal;

axis 'of the handle. Said unch of strands is shown secured transversely at the midortion to the handle by means of a step e3 that encloses the strands and secures them against the handle member. .The ends of the staple 3 are forced through holes 4'in the handle, shown'near one end thereof, and

are. clenched at 3 over the side of the handle member opposite the strands 2, (Fig. 2).

The staple will be driven and its ends clenched in sucha manner as to tightly grip X the mid-portion of the bunch of strands My invention also comprises novel details and other articles.

against the handle member so that the strands will remain secured to the handle without. dangerof being pulled therefrom.

It will be noted that the strands are .lo--

cated on one side of the handle and by pro jecting laterally therefrom in opposite directions facility is aiforded for using the strands as a'mop or duster by rubbing the strands over an article to be cleaned, which may be accomplished with the device in the position shown in Fig. 3 or turned at any angle thereto with either side 1 of the handle member held edgewise to the article with the strands therebetween. The construction described enables the use of the strands in various directions, such as on flat "fro with the strands between the handle and the article to be cleaned as well as in a circular direction which is permitted by reason of the-lateral extension of the strands from the handle member. The edge 1 of handle member 1 is shown exposed free from the StIilndSfCif the mop head so that such edge maybe used' in the nature of a scraper for scraping particles adhering to pots, pans While I have described -my device as adapted to be used as a mop it will be understood that it is also capable-of'use generally as a duster or cleaner of surfaces when dry. The device, however, is particularly convenient for washing dishes, pots, pans, etc., when made of. suitablesize, although the surfaces and in corners, pressure, being apdevice may be made of relatively large sizes for mopping and dusting floors, walls'a'nd one side of the handle extending in a direcand keeping the strands from displacement tion transversely across the same, and securendwise and laterally of the handle, the ends ing means comprising a staple extending of the staple extending crosswise through 10 across the outer portion and against the the'handle and being clenched on its side 5 sides of the strands gripping the mid-poropposite the strands.

tion of the strands tightly against the handle e between their ends on one side of the handle J X 1 JOHN M. LESTER. 

